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Saturday, April 14, 2018
Weigh if a Part-Time MBA Program Is the Right Fit - Mariya Greeley, US News
There's growing interest among prospective MBA students to study while working. While enrollment for full-time MBAs decreased significantly in the U.S. between 2005 and 2016, enrollment at part-time programs has risen nearly 20 percent, according to a survey of about 350 accredited business schools from AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Dan LeClair, executive vice president and chief strategy and innovation officer at AACSB, notes that the part-time numbers signal "some really important changes that are happening in higher education." Increasingly, students seem to value the greater convenience of these programs as well as the ability to keep their jobs and salaries.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/2018-03-29/weigh-if-a-part-time-mba-program-is-the-right-fit